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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 403 333 UD 031 354 AUTHOR Koritz, Douglas, Ed.; And Others TITLE_ Crossing Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Urban Problems. Selected Proceedings of the National Conference on Urban Issues (1st, Buffalo, New York, November 11-13, 1994). INSTITUTION State Univ. of New York, Buffalo. Coll. at Buffalo. Center for Multidisciplinary Applied Research in Urban Issues. PUB DATE 95 NOTE 270p. AVAILABLE FROMState University of New York College at Buffalo, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222-1095. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Black Students; *Cooperation; *Disadvantaged Youth; Economic Factors; Elementary Secondary Education; Hispanic Americans; Minority Groups; Student Characteristics; Teacher Certification; *Teacher Education; *Teaching Methods; *Urban Problems; Urban Schools; Urban Teaching; Urban Youth ABSTRACT Selected papers are presented from a national conference on urban issues. They are:(1) "Collaboration as a Social Process: Inter-Institutional Cooperation andEducational Change" (Charles F. Underwood and Hardy T. Frye);(2) "Mobilizing the Village To Educate the Child" (Valerie Maholmes);(3) "Pathways to Teaching: An Urban Teacher Licensure Program"(Lucindia A. Chance, and others.; (4) "Post-B.A. Paraprofessionals: ?reparation for UrbanTeachings" (June A. Gordon and Alice V. Houston);(5) "Training Teachers To Address the Question: Are Urban StudentsDifferent?" (Judith W. Simpson);(6) "The Relational Aspects of School, Family, andAt-Risk Student Self-Esteem: A Qualitative Study"(Christee L. Jenlink); (7) "The Ghettoization of the African-American andthe Potential for Economic Reform" (Curtis Haynes, Jr.);(8) "Patterns of Discourse Concerning Hispanic Students and CompensatoryEducation" (Theodora Lightfoot); (9) "'Permanent Temporaries and FormalCasuals': Collaborative Solutions to the UrbanUn/Underemployment Crisis" (M. Bahati Kuumba); (10) "The Massachusetts AvenueProject: Community Revitalization on Buffalo's West Side" (Gary S.Welborn); (I1) "Homeownership as a Social Equalizer" (Ted P.Schmidt); (12) "Public Sector Unions and the Changing UrbanPolitical Economy" (Lawrence G. Flood);(13) "Small Business Incubation as a Tool forSustainable Economic Development in Inner-CityCommunities" (Thomas S. Lyons, Gregg A. Lichtenstein, and SumedhaChhatre);(14) "The Role of the Black Church in Changing Times: Empoweringthe Community for Survival" (Sharon E. Moore);(15) "Values as an Intervening Variable in the Commission of Crime: A Call for theCollaboration of Systems" (Barbara Huddleston-Mattai); (16) "The UrbanNeighborhood Collective: A Model for Empowerment throughSpace within the Inner-City Landscape" (A. David Nieves); (17) "YouthViolence and the Changing Family: A Study of Family BackgroundFactors" (Eddie Davis); (18) "Diagnosis Critical: Policy Paradigms andHealth Care of Urban African-Americans through the AIDS Era" (DavidMcBride); (19) "Black Adolescent Identities, Multiculturalismand the Struggle for Representation in UrbanEducation" (Garrett A. Duncan); (20) "Afrocentric Strategies andtheir Promise for Solving Problems Males'in Urban Areas" (Ron Stewart); and Affecting African-American and Project South: Weapons in the Handsof (21) "Liberation Research the Oppressed"(M. Bahati Kuuma, Jerome Scott, and Walda (SLD) Katz Fishman).Individual papers contain references. 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O Minor changes have been made to tai improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 1 EST COPY AVMLAB SELECTED PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN ISSUES NOVEMBER 11-13, 1994 Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, New York Conference Director P. Rudy Mattai Managing Editor Janet Riley-Hunt Consulting Editors:* Douglas Koritz Stephen Phelps Kevin Railey Advanced Technical Support Jeffrey Hensgen PUBLISHED BY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT BUFFALO President, F.C. Richardson 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 Copyright 1995 Center for. Multidisciplinary Applied Research in Urban Issues State University of New York College at Buffalo Editors' names on front and inside covers appear in alphabetical order Contents Collaboration as a Social Process: Inter-Institutional Coopera- tion and Educational Change 1 Charles F Underwood Hardy T Frye University of California Mobilizing the Village to Educate the Child 15 Valerie Maholmes Yale University Pathways to Teaching: An Urban Teacher Licensure Program 27 Lucindia H. Chance Lana J. Smith Thomas A. Rakes Steve M. Ross Duane M. Giannangelo University of Memphis Post-B.A. Paraprofessionals: Preparation for Urban Teaching 38 June A. Gordon Western Washington University Alice V Houston Seattle Public Schools Training Teachers to Address the Question: Are Urban Students Different? 49 Judith W. Simpson S.U.N.Y College at Buffalo The Relational Aspects of School, Family, and At-Risk Student Self-Esteem: A Qualitative Study 59 Christee L Jenlink Tulsa Public Schools 4 The Ghettoization of the African-American and the Potential for Economic Reform 71 Curtis Haynes, Jr S.U.IV.Y College at Buffalo Patterns of Discourse Concerning Hispanic Students and Compensatory Education 82 Theodora Lightfoot University of Wisconsin Madison "Permanent Temporaries and Formal Casuals": Collaborative Solutions to the Urban Un/Underemployment Crisis 104 M. Bahati Kuumba S.U.IV.Y. College at Buffalo The Massachusetts Avenue Project: Community Revitalization on Buffalo's West Side 117 Gary S. Welborn S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo Homeownership as a Social Equalizer 127 Ted P Schmidt S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo Public Sector Unions and the Changing Urban Political Economy 140 Lawrence G. Flood S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo Small Business Incubation as a Tool for Sustainable Economic Development in Inner-City Communities 150 Thomas S. Lyons University of Louisville Gregg A. Lichtenstein Ohio University Sumedha Chhatre University of Louisville The Role of the Black Church in Changing Times: Empower- ing the Community for Survival 162 Sharon E. Moore Seton Hill College Values as an Intervening Variable in the Commission of Crime: A Call for the Collaboration of Systems 177 Barbara Huddleston Mattai S.UN.Y College at Buffalo The Urban Neighborhood Collective: A Model for Empower- ment through Space within the Inner-City Landscape 188 A. David Nieves Binghamton University Youth Violence and the Changing Family: A Study of Family Background Factors 200 Eddie Davis S.UN.Y. College at Buffalo Diagnosis Critical: Policy Paradigms and Health Care of Urban African-Americans through the AIDS Era 213 David McBride Pennsylvania State University Black Adolescent Identities, Multiculturalism and The Struggle for Representation in Urban Education 226 Garrett A. Duncan Claremont Graduate School Afrocentric Strategies and their Promise for Solving Problems Affecting African-American Males in Urban Areas 239 Ron Stewart S.UN.Y. College at Buffalo Liberation Research and Project South: Weapons in the Hands of the Oppressed 253 M. Bahati Kuumba S.UN.Y College at Buffalo Jerome Scott Project South Waldo Katz-Fishman Howard University 6 FIRST URBAN ISSUES CONFERENCE Page 1 COLLABORATION AS A SOCIAL PROCESS: INTER- INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE Charles F. Underwood Hardy T. Frye Urban Community-School Collaborative University of California Office of the President 1. The problems of urban education are the problems of the global city. All too many urban youth live in economically, medically, physically,andsociallyprecariouscircumstanceswithserious consequences for their well-being (Blanc et al., 1994; Edelman, 1981; Glasgow, 1980, 1987; Oliver,1988; Sassen, 1991). Their school problems begin with the fact that, from their earliest years, many urban youth live exceptionally difficult lives. Because the problems they face are global in nature, no single institution can alone successfully address the complex challenges to urban education. We can only bring about real change in the lives of urban children through a long-term, inter- institutionalandcross-disciplinaryprocessthatcomprehensively addresses a wide range of both school and community concerns (Duster et al., 1990; Underwood and Frye, 1992; Blanc et al., 1994). Since its creation in July 1990, the Urban Community-School Collaborative has helped build collaborations between University of California campuses and school districts and community organizations focused on advancing the academic